David B. Gruenes (born January 6, 1958) was an American educator, businessman, and politician.
Gruenes lived in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He lived in St. Cloud, Minnesota with his wife and family. Gruenes graduated from Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He then graduated from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Gruenes was an educator and was involved in the banking and loan business. Gruenes served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1981 to 1994 and was a Republican. He then served on the Minnesota Department of Commerce as a commissioner from 1995 to 1999. [1]
St. Cloud or Saint Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stearns County and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France, which was named after the 6th-century French monk Clodoald.
David Ferdinand Durenberger was an American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and became a critic of it, endorsing Democratic presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Its enrollment in 2021 was approximately 10,000 students and it has over 120,000 alumni.
The Diocese of Saint Cloud is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in central Minnesota in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
John Francis Kinney was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud in Minnesota from 1995 to 2013.
George Henry Speltz was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Winona in Minnesota (1963–1966) and as bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud in Minnesota (1968–1987).
Joseph Francis Busch was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lead in South Dakota from 1910 to 1915 and bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud in Minnesota from 1915 until his death in 1953.
Jim Knoblach is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 14B in central Minnesota.
William P. Murphy was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1955 to 1972.
David Peter Battaglia was an American educator and politician.
Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. Before her election as auditor, Blaha served as secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO, a federation of local trade unions.
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David E. Rued was an American politician, farmer, and educator.
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Keith F. Hughes was an American politician and lawyer.
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